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opening of the restaurants. you can see that people are camping out here. we have dozens and more than a hundred. people have been here since yesterday. the ribbon, and cutting will happen at 6:00. the are lining up to get free food. the offer a coupon book with 52 free meals for the first 100 people through their doors. these people have lined up. they have at wristbands on. they're waiting for the doors opened at 6:00. the controversy gear referring to is that they been in headlines since the president has his disapproval of same-sex marriage. the people here do not mind. is never done anything or
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said anything that is anti-gay. we've seen a lot protests began over the last few weeks from same-sex marriage advocates and gave right advocates that are upset that he made such a statement. they're expecting some protests here this morning. people are planning and showing up. we spoke to some of the workers there not concerned about a. their use to the hustle and bustle of a grand opening. they're looking for it to a peaceful opening which will happen at 6:00. we have been asking you all morning we be willing to camp out for? you can e-mail us at cbs five dot com. mcdonald's and costco have cut ties with a major meet supplier in the central valley
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company is that the federal cruelty and food safety investigation. they took immediate action with the usda quit buying of the export school lunches and nutritional programs. the death of a baby in april is now being considered a homicide. he's accused of killing a 17 month old boy and his girlfriend's house. he was arrested for murder. san jose is latest murder was in a safeway store. the mayor is coming under fire for his pension reform. it has an exodus of san jose police department. the mayor is disassembling what took if we not taken action and that the council and not taken
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action to come up a couple hundred less police officers and we have today. the city manager has a new plan to have all available police officers to patrol duty. they'll be spring for mosquitoes with the growing fears of the west now virus and the south bay. the species scene there has not been shown to transmit the west now virus but can bite viciously. you see trucks fogging the area and two groups of mosquitoes tested positive for the virus in that area. you are urged to report any breeding grounds and wear long pants and shirts during the fog in. this three times the normal average. this is due to the mild winter and spring and a hot summer. the victims of the
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chevron refinery will have a chance to vent. the mayor will be on hand and thousands of people have complained of medical issues because of the fire. hundreds of homes are still threat this morning in the past several fast-moving wildfires. the governor has declared a state of emergency shasta county. among most destructive burning is a ponderous a fire. it began with the lightning strike. that fire has now burned more than 24,000 a.. it is destroyed least 64 homes and is now 55 percent contained. talmudic of mineral is been warned to evacuate. that proposal that more concerned right now. we will hold tight.
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the evacuations have been lifted. it stretches of highway 36 and 44 will be open to yesterday. firefighters got a break with the cooler weather. i think really the next five or six days to get a nice break in the weather. and around the bay area the temperatures are running below the average. you could see the clouds or% of cisco right now. it will take some time to break up. the numbers are running in the '50s right now. as we head towards the afternoon, these temperatures stayed down below the average. we're couple degrees below the average. we're seven degrees below the average in san francisco. we'll check
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out the roads with elizabeth. we have a freeway closure out in pittsburgh were the missing some slowing. it's below 40 mi. per hour. the eastbound lanes are shut down in still 530 this morning. elsewhere, to one of 37 is not too bad. you see the packets heading toward san jose. and as a lot of areas in the south bay are looking not too bad right now. they're picking at some road work right now. along highway 85 for working overnight. your drive times and not too bad. you have eight minutes on highway 87. with a check of the mass transit. some swing state battles are
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getting closer in the race for the white house. there is the newest research study for the canada to consider. 42 percent of the class americans to their financial situation is worse now than before the great recession. this could affect the election and campaign moving forward. the neat poll of swing states shows that mitt romney has ever actually in a tight with president obama in florida and wisconsin. the president has a healthy margin in ohio. it is inexcusable. mitt romney will travel to mexico this morning. he will refocus six campaign after controversial comments a congressman made about legitimate rate. to promote his energy proposals aimed at creating more than 3 million jobs.
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assistant to cover/september would help states like nevada to prevent further layoffs. it will allow them to rehire teachers who lost her job. but, the republicans in congress cannot do, vote. that was the president and las vegas yesterday. the president's campaign announced it will accept donations to a text message and most carriers will allow you to donate up to $50 per bill. and most voters trust mitt romney to do a better job with the economy with medicare, the trust president obama by deeply margin in all the battleground states. tropical storm isaacs is in the caribbean and on the chance to hit florida next week. it remains uncertain but officials in tampa are not taking any chances. they have evacuation
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plans for the city and for the thousands of people in town for the convention. the governor brought a political campaign to a school in san francisco. he pushed for passage of prop. 30. the governor says it will be a tough sell. this is a challenge. i did not come back to the governor of my age to try easy stuff. this is hard. i will give everything i have between now and november to get this thing passed. it would add 1/4 percent sales tax for the next four years and would impose a higher income tax for those making more than $250,000 a year. the extraordinary perks for working for, for costa county.
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the use of unused sick time for pension checks. that is that it the least one employee and extra $800 a month in his retirement payout. the union president says the county is doing nothing wrong. this is the system. it was set up to and encourage them to have good attendance. the system has given this them a $100 million liability with a sinking stock market. he will not pitch for the '80s for the rest of the year. they suspended him for 50 games and tested positive for high levels of testosterone. is a very same thing that led to the suspension of the giants outfielder melky cabrera last week. it is surprising and obviously shocking.
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i'm proud of him for taking the route he took. dear kicking people. i think that is all you can do. the suspension not only knocked out for the rest of the regular-season he will also miss potential playoff games and possibly some games at the beginning of next season. he will be missed. the kids from petaluma are still playing. they played this afternoon and pennsylvania. another must win the game. the be playing the game and everyone here will be ready for them. texas is pretty good. tape out looks to expand into more stores. it may be one of the
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strangest things we've ever seen. what is this guy doing wandering around the bay area backyards? the turtle is take to a balloon and sent floating in the air. what the fir,,,,,,,,,,,
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firefighters in san diego had to rescue a turtle attached to a group of balloons and stuck in a tree. the crews had to get him down investigators say whoever did this could face animal cruelty charges. with traffic in years to kick away from turtles to traffic. week allow live in the pleasanton area. we'll show you 580 eastbound and westbound. we did check of the drive time across the stretch. it is not looking too bad. ec's some brake
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lights and heading towards of livermore. it is 15 minutes between the past dublin and pleasanton area. you concede that tear lights going to between high street and downtown oakland. there's some road work blocking some lanes. the golden gate bridge is nice and quiet through here. there's some fog in san francisco. ego for the tunnel out towards about sir francis drake. he'll find some lanes blocked as well. has a check of your traffic. this is gonna be a very big risk weather forecasts. we've low clouds and fog well into the bay. we're seeing the mist and
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drizzle as you approach the coastline. you'll see some 80s in mind. with some seventies around the bay. and highs will only be in the '50s along the coast and the '60s. the high pressure will sit here over the next few days. property rights to the weekend carried it will keep the temperatures down. we have it not very well organized just yet. it is barely a tropical storm at this week. it will move into some much warmer water as it heads toward florida. it could become a category one hurricane. of the things change here in the next 24-36 hours as it approaches the coast line. the east bay numbers are up into the east. some '70s inside the bay. the delta will see some cooler temperatures with the breeze kicking their.
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the next couple days the temperature will begin to cool off. the state right to the weekend. and on monday and tuesday, will slowly crank up the temperatures a few degrees. the congressional budget office put out another warning about the so-called fiscal cliff. 2 million job losses are likely with the automatic tax increases and spending cuts go into effect at the end of the year. democrats and republicans are split on to extending the current tax rates to all americans. the new report find some middle class is getting smaller. the middle income earners are defined as those making between 39,100 $19,000 a year per family of three. the middle class shrank last year and was 61 percent back in 1971.
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the company has never seen bigger losses. the silicon valley company confirms a loss almost $9 billion in the latest quarter. there's a failed acquisition of a technology consulting service. the third quarter losses $4.49 per share. it is not just for online transactions and more. revenue deal that will allow retailers to accept discover cards to process. to be able to use mobile devices. the partnership will discover it will expand the services to more than 70 million stores. the camel is a rare sight in the bay area. the people and pets per hour doing a double take. camel has been spotted recently running until your highway 4. it shows up when the sun goes down. is provided below
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but fun for people in the neighborhood. he was racing. and vicious surprising. the camel belongs to a developer and the animal welfare officers say is unusual but not illegal to own a camel in contra costa county. secrecy is shattered. the controversy about a new tell-all book the details the osama bin laden raid. our play of the day is coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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the temperatures around the bay area are running low but below average. up bridge at check this morning. let us check three of them. no major hotspots so far on this thursday morning.
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the cold and windy weather did not deter people from watching the americans cut world series race in san francisco. as the international tournament and it's time for some locals to remember the heritage. it would be nice if there were yet caught up in a moment. and to see them qualifies for this race. it is incredible. you could rent seats to watch races. the best use could be found from walking around the marina green. the races take place through sunday. to netflix began in protract in tampa tonight after finishing the latest home stand. he hit three more hits at the coliseum yesterday. he helped the athletics to a victory over the
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twins. dear now sole possession of the second american league wild-card. the giants had a couple of days downtown los angeles. the of this guy right here. he had three hits and fro in a career high seven runs. they take all 3 against the dodgers for this week. the giants now only two and a half- game lead in the national league west. and his in left because he is out. it seems right at home. and it goes up and jumping and grabbing. what a pitiful catch. he saves extra bases. he had to have the wrist wraps after the game. hopefully he will play tonight. another bay area athlete band for performance enhancing trucks. the punishment for the store athletics pitcher
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coming up. the book the toasty all about the rate of osama bin laden. despite the,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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hit the roads as a no delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. a developing story in marin county, a family fans was on fire. they got out in time due to a smoke alarm. several cars were burned this morning. look at the damage. the fire has gutted this building and destroyed occurs inside and outside. the house also sustained some damage. no one was hurt. but the family did to survive. the family took refuge in the backyard. retract with the intense heat on the less said the house. several animals were
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there at least. a husband and wife and the child. this fire is under investigation. at this time, it is not suspicious because for sunday combustibles in the building like this. dear not be meanness of suspicious fire. a new fast-food restaurant will open up in the south bay. you're in san jose with this particular restaurant comes a little bit of controversy as well. the people are committed date been here since yesterday. we look at this parking lot campsite outside the restaurant on headquarters strife in san jose. the but first bay area location and size to two locations in fairfield which it and open for over a year. you
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remember that the chicken chain has been in the headlines since president as disapproval of same-sex marriage. they came for the food. he should have said what he did. i do not like the protesting which is on to happen. i think that he should have said anything. the food is unbelievable it is my favorite. we were out in fairfield a few weeks ago where same-sex marriage advocates were protesting. the people here say that they are a fan of the chicken despite whether or not they agree with him. there is ever been cut and cuis a ribbon
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the chicken and the carrot salad. we and asking you online what would you be willing to camp out for? we'll read your comments later in the show. helicopters will be spring in two bay area cities for this spreading fear of the west now virus. it begins at some o'clock this morning. you'll see trucks fog in the area before 8:00 tonight. two groups of the skins have tested positive for the virus in that area. wear long pants and shirts turn the tide of the spring. more than 1100 cases of the virus had been reported so far this year. that is three times the normal average. these suspect the mild
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weather, early spring and a hot summer to blame. governor brown has declared a state of emergency in three upstate counties. the most destructive that is burning is a ponderous a fire that began last weekend with a lightning strike. it's burned more than 24,000 a.. destroyed a least 64 homes and is now 55 percent contained. the people of the town of mineral are asked to prepare to evacuate. some encouraging news as evacuation's have been left in. the stretches of highway 36 and 44 were finally opened yesterday. what mother nature is trying to help out a little bit. all across the west coast will see the temperatures go down. it's been hot there for a
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while. will see some low clouds and some fog. if you're headed out right now with temperatures in the '50s and '60s. we go towards the afternoon will see some sunshine and about 85 degrees in morgan hill. still a very mild 76 degrees. the east bay temperatures will be below average. san francisco is checking and medical 61. we've 61 degrees in hayward. and when can be expect the summer heat to make a return? we have some breaking news that a water main break is affecting the service on the l line. a water main break between 30 seconds and 33rd. d l line is slow going through the area. we're sending a crew to
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the scene. everything else that are so far on time. the golden gate bridge has a lot of fog this morning. you'll see a lot of fog heading into san francisco. the visibility to be a problem. here's a live look at the east bay with more road work this morning. a lot of it will be picking up around 5:00. you see it flowing nicely. if you're north and southbound on a 280. and all lanes are now open on eastbound highway 4. there was a fool for way closer and nursing a few bright lights. if you head out towards concord. has a check of the traffic. a new survey says that the
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middle class as taken a big hit. we have comments from the presidential campaign trail. both candidates claim to have the solution to the middle class problems. mitt romney travels to new mexico to promote energy proposals to create new jobs. the president and a new campaign at and strategy. mitt romney has moved into a virtual tie with president obama in florida and wisconsin. president obama maintains a healthy margin in ohio. we're better country than the one that pulls the rug from young people trying to make it. to give more folks who already have a lot. that is not who we are. what we all fear the most is a week america. american's strength and strengthen our
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principles and our commitment to freedom. the strength of our homes. in schools. the strength in our economy. it found that 42 percent of people said their financial situation is worse now than before the great recession. the zero bombing campaign will accept small donations through text messages. it will allow carriers to donate as much as $50 per bill. their growing concerns about the republican national convention center don't next week. the tropical storm is heading towards the dominican republic. it could develop into a hurricane and has the good chance of hitting florida sometime next week. they're making your mercy plans as a precaution and could even cancel the convention in a worst-case scenario. and osama bin laden bombshell as a navy seal has written a book and an account of
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the raid were osama bin laden died. the u.s. special operations policy copy to make sure no classified information is included. the book will be released on september 11th and is called no easy day. is a firsthand account of the mission that killed osama bin laden. the athletics pitcher will not take the mound for the rest of the season. he's been suspended for using performance enhancing trucks. he was suspended for 50 games and testing positive for high levels of testosterone. the same thing that led to suspension of the giants of filtered melky cabrera last week. is surprising and shocking. therefore, they're catching people. that is all you can do. the suspension not only knocks it out for the rest of the regular-season and a loss of potential playoff games and some
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games at the beginning of next season. it depends on how beat the athletics co. the prius of petaluma will be at it again at the little league world series in pennsylvania. the will be playing at squad from texas and the u.s. semifinals of the game begins at 5:00. texas has one loss. tennessee is undefeated. good luck. the recall involving a candy made right here in the bay area. there is the lead in the licorice. involving a candy made right here in the bay area. there is the lead in the licorice. held a father's age can m,,
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you can't argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more processed flakes look nothing like natural grains. i'm eating what i know is better nutrition. mmmm. great grains.
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>> are you folks following the congressman todd aitken who has interesting views on health? i think he is in hot water, anne state took down his statue today. >> david letterman making a joke about rep todd taken and is legitimate requirements that are
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stirring controversy while you are enjoying your summer you may have missed that mortgage rates are creeping higher in the last month. >> so what is the deal? what are the rates going up and how are they? >> economic data have actually improved over the last few weeks in interest rates are increasing but mortgage rates are still a half point lower from where they were one year ago. the 30-year fixed-rate mortgages are averaging 3.86%. 15 years, 3.15 percent and rates on five-year adjustable, dew point 74%. still really low rates here. >> what about homeowners who don't have enough equity to refinance? >> there's something really cool out there, the government second
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version of the home affordable refinance program called heart. this version allows homeowners who are under water meaning they owe more on their mortgage than their home is worth, these people can finally refinance. here is what you have to do, you need to be current on our payments for the last 12 months to qualify. your current mortgage must be owned or guaranteed by fannie mae or freddie mac or sold to those entities on or before may 31, 2009. it is a great alternative for people with not a lot of equity. >> many people walk away thinking why are they throwing money away so that is a good thing. >> i am here to report to from the trenches, i closed my refinancing monday night, i have a sore on my head from banging my head against the wall. it was terrible, long and painful but worth it.
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i'm not kidding, you will be asked to produce tons of documents sometimes two or three times so your number one thing is patience. also check your credit scores before you apply. you can get reports from all three agencies at annual credit report dot com. if you see any problems you want to correct them before you start. with all the debt and the deficit in washington, i want to say that mortgage tax deductions are no longer a sure thing. you may want to factor that in when determining whether or not to refinance. it is a long shot but keep in mind. we have a lot more information about that plan and we want to get as many people to lower their payments as possible. >> it is the biggest loss in
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hewlett-packard's 73 year history. the silicon valley company confirms it lost almost $9 billion in the latest quarter which works out to $4.49 per share. much of the loss is because of a failed acquisition consulting service electronic data systems. >> temperatures keep falling off around the area, pulling down again. low clouds and fog stretching on shore. >> a little misty as you approached the coast line but not as wet as yesterday. the clouds will continue to linger at the coastline. let's plan on '60s and '70s. the trough sitting along the west coast will continue to do so over the next few days. it looks like it might deepen a little bit and cool down to temperature's further. no delays reported at sfo though i suspect there are going
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to be some delays on arriving flights this morning. by the afternoon we should clear things out. it should be getting, it should be ok getting into chicago. mostly sunny skies in the south bay, 85 in morgan hill. 75 and sunny in to palo alto. a little bit breezy in through the delta. the next couple of days those temperatures continue to fall well below the average as we head through saturday and sunday. >> there is not much going on on the roadways so if you want to beat the rush that we expect at the bay bridge, you can head out now and things are looking pretty good. its coat or maps, they did pick
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up the full freeway closure in antioch around 530 this morning. we see brake lights coming through the altamont pass and pretty heavy traffic through livermore. mass transit, this is something to know, slow moving right now on the and line. a water break between 32nd and 34 so we are sending a crew to the scene. it is moving slowly through that area. otherwise, other mass transit is reporting no delays. highway 85 rove work is being picked up as we speak and to drive times are in the green on 101, 280, and the guadalupe
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parkway. >> the obama administration is considering expansion of them monterey bay marine sanctuary as far north as the marin county coastline. the proposal would stretch the environmentally designed area all the way to the marine head winds. in a rare sighting of the jersey shore, a cameraman accidentally catches a shark feeding frenzy. it was reported just off the coast of island beach state park. this started the meal about a mile and half out and they were hungry, they swam close to the beach and attacked a group of hearing. definitely a good time to be on short taking pictures and not out there searching. >> a wrong number is annoying but imagine having to deal with
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it 25 times per day >> a child falls off of a motorcycle in his nearly hit by car. [ male announcer ] stop & go traffic. you can't always avoid it. but you can always do something nice for your car. chevron with techron. care for your car.
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>> we're falling breaking mass- transit news, a water main break affecting service on the n line. we will talk more about that and get a look at the roadways coming up. >> clouds are creeping onshore this morning, some drizzle as you approached the coast line with temperatures in the fifties. >> a heart wrenching moment caught on surveillance camera. this is in china, a little girl
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falls off of the motorcycle. cars next to the girl were already geared up to move it and a little girl narrowly escaped from under the wheels of a car next to the bike. amazingly she escaped >> a recall for can be made in the bay area, red wines black licorice. the state says it found an unsafe amounts of lead. it is made in union city. the recall affects 1 lb. bags of candy mark s. before january 4, 2014 and it is only the black ones, not to read once. >> older fathers could raise the risk of autism and their children. a study says that a father's age could account for 15-30 percent of cases of autism and perhaps other disorders as schizophrenia as well. some researchers warn it is just too soon to definitely say
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the father's age is a factor. >> i think it is fair to say that the increasing father's age does increase the chance of autism but it's relatively small >> of the cdc says autism affects one out of every 80 kids. if they would like to be fathers. if you think telemarketers are a problem on your phone >> at least you don't get the calls that a woman in connecticut gets >> you have the wrong number. you have the wrong number. >> can you imagine? linda said she gets about 25 rahm #calls every day. the callers are trying to reach the infinity music hall which number is one digit different than hers >> everyone knows that is my number. i like my number. it was mind first. you have the wrong number
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>> you can imagine what it is like trying to work with big companies like google >> the people at infinity say they have not been able to get google to update their listing that direct some of the calls to the wrong number and it doesn't sound like she's changing anytime soon. >> we had a number that was close to a chinese food restaurant. >> did you take orders? >> i finally called in and it solved itself. >> did you change your number? >> no, they did because it was mind first. something you usually see in the desert or maybe the zoo, and exotic animal wandering through bay area backyards. >> a smart decision that saved lives during a fire >> and con,,,,,,,,,,,,
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